Ms. Allen’s Reading Corner

NOTE CHANGE: NOVEL TESTS WILL BE TAKEN ON WEDNESAY, February 7th DUE TO THE SNOW AND THE TCAP WRITING TEST. Students must read a book found on Ms. Allen’s book list. This assignment was made on library day, January 3rd.

MONDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Take vocabulary #8 quiz scheduled for last Friday. Collect final forms of descriptive personified qualities paragraphs. Discussed previously learned writing tips and reviewed for Tuesday’s TCAP Writing Assessment.
Homework: Continue reading book report novel. Novel test will NOW be taken on Wednesday, February 7th. If you still owe me a personified quality, please submit it in final form by Tuesday.

TUESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Collect any remaining final forms of descriptive personified qualities paragraphs.  Review comparisons: similes. metaphors, personifications by completing related handout. Watch film: Literary Devices and take notes.
Homework: Continue working on voc. #9 cards if necessary. Due Thursday. Continue reading book report novel. Novel test will NOW be taken on Wednesday, February 7th.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm Up: None
Classwork: Read Scene 1 of Let Me Hear You Whisper (297 - 304).  Take individual novel tests.  Upon completion of novel tests, continue reading Scene 2 of Let Me Hear You Whisper (305 - 308).  Homework:  None

THURSDAY:

Warm Up: Watch “Let’s Talk,” a five-minute clip abput commuciation with animals.
Classwork: Read Scene 3 of Let Me Hear You Whisper (310 - 319).
Homework: Study voc. #9 terms for Friday’s quiz.

FRIDAY:

Warm Up: Who is your best friend?  Why is this person’s friendship important to you?
Classwork: Distribute copies of The Pigman and the related study guide.  Introduce the novel by reading “The Oath.”  Discuss the key story elements.   Press conference activity with the book’s author, Paul Zindel.
Homework:  Read chapters 1-3 and begin working on related study guide questions.

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